Eat Like A Star: The Stars of Caprica

Want to look like a star? Have what they're having! Every Tuesday, we'll tell you what healthy breakfast helps our favorite stars kick off their day. This week, we talked to Magda Apanowicz and Sasha Roiz of SyFy's Caprica!

Sasha Roiz, who plays Sam Adama says, “This is just one of my six daily meals. Seriously. This is a lighter and healthier variation of my usual morning feast. I’m working on the set of House today and want to make sure I don’t burst out of my hospital gown.”

Oatmeal is a great way to start a busy day: the B vitamins in oats stimulate production of serotonin, a key neurotransmitter that sends soothing signals to your brain. Plus, since your body digests oatmeal slowly, you absorb the serotonin steadily. And don’t be too hard on yourself for relying on your morning cup of coffee. Those java beans pack a lot of power! Lifelong caffeinated-coffee fans may be less prone to develop Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases; premenopausal women who downed four cups of regular coffee per day experienced a 38 percent reduction in their breast cancer risk; two to five cups of regular coffee daily may help lower your risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer by up to 17 percent; and people who sip 3 to 4 cups of regular or decaf coffee a day are 30 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Pour yourself another cup!

Ingredients

Cup of Fresh Fruit

Orange Juice

Oatmeal

Banana

Coffee

Meanwhile, Magda Apanowicz, who portrays Lacy,says, “Is it crazy to say that I don’t often eat breakfast!?! But every time I go to a diner, I have to have a breakfast type item, even if it’s 11:30 at night. I LOVE my morning eats!”

Eggs are one of our favorite superfoods: A study from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge reports that women who added an egg to breakfast lost twice as much weight as those who ate the same breakfast sans egg. And oranges are mm, mm good for you. People who eat plenty of vitamin-C-rich foods have fewer lines than those who chow mostly carbs and fats, a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition notes. When you drink juice instead of eating the fruit, remember that 4-6 ounces of juice equals the calories in a serving of whole fruit or veggies, according to Registered Dietitian Willow Jarosh. And be careful: regularly skipping meals (especially breakfast!) makes you more prone to belly fat, heart disease and diabetes, reports a study from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.